Waistband buttonhole strip



- Y 'Patented 9ct. 23, 1923 TES wAIsTBANn BUTronHoLn STRIP.

Application led'June 29, 1922. Serial No'. 571,743.

*To all whom z'z may concern.' Y* Y Be it known that I, IsAAK HELLER, a citizen of the United States, residing aty Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State V of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in llVaistbandv Buttonhole Strips, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to an improved waist-band button hole strip for use in connection with boys trousers and shirtwaists and one object of the invention is to provide a button hole strip which is so constructed that the button holes will not be liable to tear.

Another object of the invention is to so construct this button hole strip that itmay have a double Ythickness through which the im button holes'will be formed, one thickness being formed of material which is relatively7 stiff and the second thickness being formed of material which is soft.

Another object of the inventionis to so construct this button hole strip that the pieces of material from which it is formed may be very firmly connected at the upper or outer edge of the strip. Y

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure l is a' View looking at one side of the button hole strip.

Figure 2 is a view looking at side of the button hole strip.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken along the line 3-'3 of Fig. 1. Y Y n This button hole strip is provided'with a main strip l which will be formed ofsome stiff fabric such as drilling or the like. The

soft fabric such as sateen or the like and this intermedia-te strip is placedk against in-j ner face of the main 'strip l. A backing strip 6 is placed against the intermediate strip 5 stitches passed through the folded edge poin second or auxiliary strip 2 is formed of some;

v with its edge portion .extending slightly- NT Uniction and throughallofV the strips to form a seam 3 which servesV to securely hold the strips in engagementwith each other. After the strips have been secured, the button holes 4 are formed through thestrips as shown in Fig. 3 and theusual button hole stitching provided as shown at 5. It should be noted that the button holes extend from the seam 3 to a point in spaced relation to thefree edge of thefstrips 2 and 6. Therefore, when these button holes 'are formed and `finished by. the button hole stitching as shown at 5, afbutton hole strip will be provided in whichthe button holes willV be formed throughmore than a single layer of fabric and therefore the button holes will not be liable to readily tear. It should be further noted that by having the strip l formed of stiff drilling, the strip 2 formed of soft material such as Sateen, and the strips 6 of an intermediate grade the ,liability of tearing is reduced, thisbeing Y due to the fact that the strip 2 is soft and givesV the desired toughness, and prevents tearing of the'other strips.

l. A button hole strip comprising outer strips and an' intermediate strip between said outer strips, vone ofsaid outer strips being extended above the upper edges of the second outer strip and intermediate strip i v and folded down upon the outer face of the the Aopposite second outer strip `and secured by stitching passing through all o-f ysaid strips, one of said vstrips being formed of fabric softer than one of the remainingstrips but not as Vsoft as the other of the said remaining strips, vsaid stripsVv having button holes formed therethrough and extending from a Y point adjacent the joined upper edge portions thereof to a point in spaced relation to thelower edge of theintermediatestrip.

2. `A button hole strip comprising a main l strip formed of stiff fabric, an" intermediate stripV formed of soft Afabric and extending along the upper portion' of said main'vstrip,

and a backing strip formed of fabric stiffer than the intermediate strip but not asstiff l' as the main strip, the backing strip being v placed against the intermediate strip and having its upper edge portion extending beyond the upper edge thereof and folded down upon the outer face of the main strip, and securing stitches passed through the 5 fold und uppei` edge portions of said strips to secure the same, said strips having button-holesl formed therethrough and; extending from a point adjacent the joined upper edge portions of the strips to a, pointin spaced relation'to the lower edges of the intermediate and backing strips.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

IsAAK HELLER. 

